Podcasts about Minnesota Zoo

Grant is back producing the afternoon show with Britany and Kendall for the day! Kendall's Mom got her son Kai a summer pass to the Minnesota Zoo. They Love it. What are TV Hosts really Like? We have the Tea! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant is back producing the afternoon show with Britany and Kendall for the day! Kendall's Mom got her son Kai a summer pass to the Minnesota Zoo. They Love it. What are TV Hosts really Like? We have the Tea! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dateline: March 21, 2025. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!   We start off with a quick update on me and a chat about Penguins International's March of the Penguin Madness competition! We then move on to our births for the week, featuring animals from Mogo Wildlife Park, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, The North Carolina Zoo, Saginaw Children's Zoo, Sea Life Sydney, and Lincoln Park Zoo. We say goodbye to beloved animals at ZooAtlanta, Seattle Aquarium, and Sedgwick County Zoo.The rest of our Zoo News stories feature items from The Minnesota Zoo, Brevard Zoo, Altina Wildlife Park, and the Cincinnati Zoo! Then in Conservation News Katie Propp jumps on to discuss March of the Penguin Madness AND a new legal victory for African penguins, we celebrate the largest sea turtle hospital in the world, discuss beaver reintroductions, look at stats about rhino conservation, and so much more! In Other News, we talk about a new ray being discovered and go into details about how not to smuggle turtles through airports. ROSSIFARI LINKS: patreon.com/rossifari to support the pod rossifari.com @rossifari on socials @rossifaripod on TikTok 

First things first: You won't get sick from touching a bag of S'noods! We're also coming at you with custard oatmeal, holiday mash-ups, and the many sides of the TikTok creator fund.   We have a lot of thoughts about S'noods, their origins, and the sweet kugel flavor.    Custard oatmeal is the new breakfast of champs around here. Erica's recipe is from Life Around the Table, but there are a lot of fancier versions still.   The Minnesota Zoo and Anchorage Bird Rescue also got in on the fun of ex-centric V-day fundraising.    A follow-up on produce drawer cold remedies, @dr.beachgem10 has thoughts.   We found some comfort in Sarah Eckel's "How I'm Staying Sane" installment of her Substack It's Not Us.    Get your store running on Shopify and get a $1-a-month trial with our link. Welcome spring with Fast Growing Trees. Get 15% off your first purchase with the code ATHINGORTWO. Change your clothes with Nuuly and take $28 off your first month with the code ATHINGORTWO. Sleep better with Bearaby and use the code ATHINGORTWO for an exclusive 10% discount. YAY.

This week's news is packed with fast food shakeups, airline payouts, money-saving hacks, and some wild Valentine's Day revenge ideas. Buckle up—we're diving into the most talked-about stories of the week!It's official—KFC is leaving its home state of Kentucky and relocating its corporate headquarters to Plano, Texas. Parent company Yum Brands is restructuring, placing KFC and Pizza Hut in Texas, while Taco Bell remains in California.✔️ Why the move? Texas offers lower taxes and business-friendly policies, making it a hotspot for corporate relocations.✔️ Governor Andy Beshear isn't happy, saying even KFC's founder, Colonel Sanders, would disapprove.✔️ KFC will keep some Kentucky operations, including the KFC Foundation.What do you think? Does moving Kentucky Fried Chicken out of Kentucky make sense?Delta Airlines is compensating every passenger from this week's Toronto Pearson Airport crash with $30,000—no strings attached.✔️ The Bombardier CRJ900 flipped upside down upon landing, with 76 passengers and 4 crew onboard.✔️ Miraculously, no fatalities—but 18 were injured.✔️ Experts credit seat belts and the small size of the plane for preventing a worse outcome.✔️ Delta's fast response is sparking debate—is this the new standard for airline compensation?Would $30K be enough to make up for being in a plane crash? Let us know!Fast food prices are skyrocketing, and adults are fighting back in an unexpected way—ordering from the kids' menu!One fast food worker joked, “How do you card for a kids' meal?” Would you try this hack?The Breakfast Baconator is winning hearts and taste buds, claiming the title of best fast-food breakfast sandwich.✔️ Fresh-cracked egg, applewood-smoked bacon, grilled sausage, American cheese, and Swiss cheese sauce—what's not to love?✔️ Unlike other chains, Wendy's uses real eggs, making it taste more homemade.✔️ Some say the burger bun is a downside, but others claim it adds to the flavor.Is Wendy's breakfast underrated? Let us know your pick for the best fast-food breakfast sandwich!Looking for a different kind of Valentine's celebration? Zoos and shelters are letting people name cockroaches, rats, and stray cats after their ex as part of hilarious fundraising campaigns.✔️ The Minnesota Zoo lets you name a bug after a friend or foe.✔️ One woman in Alaska paid $100 to name a frozen rat after her ex, which was fed to a raptor.✔️ These anti-love campaigns are going viral—would you do it?Remember when Trump wanted to buy Greenland? Well, now a joke petition with over 200,000 signatures suggests Denmark should buy California instead!Would you rather live in California or “New Denmark”?A report suggested keeping pet cats indoors or on leashes to protect Scottish wildlife, sparking fears of a cat ban.✔️ Cats kill over 700 million birds & animals yearly in the UK, leading experts to propose "containment measures."✔️ Scottish officials quickly clarified—there's no cat ban!Cat lovers, you can relax—your feline friends are safe!After two months on the run, the last four of 43 escaped monkeys have finally been caught.Imagine stumbling upon a monkey in your backyard—what would you do?A 663-foot freighter with 17 crew members got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie, requiring a Coast Guard rescue.✔️ Temperatures dropped suddenly, causing the ship to ]Winter is back with a vengeance—have you ever seen a frozen ship before?From "Abbott Elementary" to "The Bachelor," "Severance," and "Traitors," here's what's trending on TV right now!

The full third hour of Drivetime with DeRusha. A Valentines Day inspired DeRush-Hour featuring Sarah Lennander from the Minnesota Zoo and Bryce Caldwell of FLYFEST. PLUS Vanity plate possibilities and music consumption trends

WolfQuest was created in partnership with the Minnesota Zoo back in 2007 as an educational tool for children. Since then, to the surprise even to the game's producers, it has exploded in popularity all over the world amongst children and adults alike. The producers released an anniversary edition of the game in November and a huge expansion of the game on Monday. WolfQuest's producer Dave Schaller joined the program to talk about it's popularity all these years.

This week's Eye on Travel Podcast with Peter Greenberg - from The Minnesota Zoo in Apple Creek, Minnesota. At over 500 acres and home to 5,000 animals, The Minnesota Zoo is arguably one of the best zoos in the world. Peter sits down with Zoo Director John Frawley and Geoff Hall - Director of Animal Care, Health, Conservation, and Behavior - for an in depth look at the Zoo along with some very surprising animals. Then, a pivot to the art scene in Minneapolis with Katie Luber - Director & President of the Minneapolis Institute of Art - along with some surprise paintings, including a classic Rembrandt. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week's Eye on Travel Podcast with Peter Greenberg - from The Minnesota Zoo in Apple Creek, Minnesota. At over 500 acres and home to 5,000 animals, The Minnesota Zoo is arguably one of the best zoos in the world. Peter sits down with Zoo Director John Frawley and Geoff Hall - Director of Animal Care, Health, Conservation, and Behavior - for an in depth look at the Zoo along with some very surprising animals. Then, a pivot to the art scene in Minneapolis with Katie Luber - Director & President of the Minneapolis Institute of Art - along with some surprise paintings, including a classic Rembrandt. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

PDD: What exactly is the plan? Do we know? What are we doing?! Alexis went to the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo -- it's a seasonal must-see! A Liam Payne toxicology update, and Martha vs. Ina -- what's the beef with this domestic divas? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PDD: What exactly is the plan? Do we know? What are we doing?! Alexis went to the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo -- it's a seasonal must-see! A Liam Payne toxicology update, and Martha vs. Ina -- what's the beef with this domestic divas? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CBS Travel Editor Peter Greenberg joins us just after taping his show from the Minnesota Zoo

Drawdown CO2 turned into fuel with Japan's electrochemical cell breakthrough https://interestingengineering.com/energy/co2-turned-into-fuel-japan Biodiversity Scientists edge closer to saving the Northern White Rhino from extinction https://www.ippmedia.com/the-guardian/features/read/scientists-edge-closer-to-saving-the-northern-white-rhino-from-extinction-2024-09-23-181329 Pair of rare Amur tiger cubs debuting at Minnesota Zoo are raising hopes for the endangered species https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pair-rare-amur-tiger-cubs-debuting-minnesota-zoo-113611789

With Ari away having some extended Labor Day Weekend fun with family, Chris is joined by NEI's Samm Griffin! We chat about the path through the animal care field that brought Samm to NEI (take note, aspiring future animal care professionals), the importance of - and the advantages of working for - smaller zoological institutions, and how the support of her early NEI mentors kept her from spreading her wings and taking off after her seasonal stint with the company.  And speaking of Labor Day: through the power of magic AND technololgy, we're also joined by Sean, Hunter, Johneli, Anthony, Skyler, Shay, Emily, Meg, and Laurel from our Roger Williams Park Zoo and Minnesota Zoo shows on their final day of 2024 road shows! Congrats teams, you folks are amazing!!! If you have a shout-out you'd like us to share, a question or a topic you'd like us to discuss, or a suggestion for a guest we should have on the show, let us know at podcast@naturalencounters.com!

On World Nature Conservation Day the Minnesota Zoo celebrated one year of the Tree Top Trail at the Minnesota Zoo and John Frawley, Director and CEO of the Minnesota Zoo joined us to talk all about the uniqueness of the TreeTop Trail!

On World Nature Conservation Day the Minnesota Zoo celebrated one year of the Tree Top Trail at the Minnesota Zoo and John Frawley, Director and CEO of the Minnesota Zoo joined us to talk all about the uniqueness of the TreeTop Trail!

Bizarre stories from the animal kingdom! Today we read about an owl that flew away from its trainer at the Minnesota Zoo and got eaten by the tiger at the zoo!

Hawk has the news featuring a crazy story from the Minnesota Zoo involving an owl and a tiger

Join Fitz for a fun show featuring the camels, llamas, sharks, and talented birds she made contact with at the Minnesota Zoo, and the filthy female fun she had at Mud Girl Minneapolis. Hear about the French pole vaulter whose wang got in the way and the Olympic sport she hoped to compete in.  Get valuable fitness tips on tackling "bat wings" and learn one thing she wished everyone knew about fitness. Grammar freaks can bask in an exciting new segment on LIKE .... you know!  Thanks for keeping The Fitzness Show in the top 5% of all podcasts worldwide. Please subscribe, share, and leave a review.  Order signed copies of the Cancer Comeback Series books at Fitzness.com - on sale now! Visit Fitzness.com for referenced content like the Exact Formula for Weight Loss, free workout videos, Fixing Your Life with Fitzness, books, and more.

Dateline: July 12, 2024. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!   We start off with a quick reflection on my life recently, and then get to skip a headline story this week because my goodness do we have lots of births to cover!  We then get into our births for the week including red panda births at Seneca Park Zoo and Potter Park Zoo. We then get into other births including exciting new additions at the Columbus Zoo, Minnesota Zoo, Toledo Zoo, Virginia Zoo, Sydney Zoo, Denver Zoo, Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Tulsa Zoo, Welsh Mountain Zoo, Zoo Miami, Woodland Park Zoo, Bronx Zoo, Maryland Zoo, Elmwood Park Zoo, Altina Wildlife Park, Kansas City Zoo, Zoo Atlanta, Akron Zoo, and the National Zoo in Australia. I told you, it was a LOT of births! In deaths, we say goodbye to a very special frog, Bruce the bat-eared fox at the Columbus Zoo, and then dive into the EEHV issue currently ravaging the elephant population at the Dublin Zoo.  We then move on to our other Zoo News stories.  We talk about giant pandas heading to Hong Kong, an adorable friendship at the Kansas City Zoo, the closure of the Houston Zoo due to Hurricane Beryl, the Philadelphia Zoo celebrating a monumental birthday, an interesting study about pangolin births from the Taipei Zoo, a new exhibit at Maritime Aquarium, more incredible wildlife rehab from the Oakland Zoo, and more!In Conservation News, we talk about sea turtle saviors in Mexico, how Conservation Imperatives could save thousands of species, and an interesting and controversial hunt. In Other News, we talk about a capybara parade, a cat with a doctorate, and an update on the potentially stolen P-horses we discussed a few weeks ago.  ROSSIFARI LINKS:  www.rossifari.com  patreon.com/rossifari  @rossifari on socials  @rossifaripod on TikTokBirds of a Feather Talk TogetherA podcast all about birds. Two bird experts, John Bates and Shannon Hackett, educate...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

The ladies kick off the pod this week with some coffee talk. They have the same coffee order and no one understands it. Amy teaches us all about “The Air Conditioned City” AKA Duluth, MN. Maya doubts this is actually a city nickname. Maya gets nostalgic about spring break 1994 and the best pizza she's ever had, Bella Pizza in Jenson Beach, Florida. Vacation pizza is the best pizza. Animal Report: Study says dogs dream about their owners. Also, Amy reviews the Minnesota Zoo. Spoiler Alert: Marsh asks for a refund. Maya gets a massage at Watershed Spa because her regular masseuse has disappeared. Golf is now Amy's whole personality. The ladies review King Charles' official portrait. Finally, the Olympic committee is still trying to make those anti-sex beds happen for athletes. Just let them bang already! They're in the Olympics for crying out loud. Approved/Denied: Big Nude Cruise. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-spirit-of-77/message

After an intro in which Chris demonstrates the evils of AI to an unsuspecting and horrified Ari, we're celebrating "Opening Weekend Eve" with Katelyn, Lucy, Meg, Laurel, Emily, Skyler, Emma, Ian, and Dan from the Minnesota Zoo Bird Show Crew! In this guest-packed episode we discuss the final prep going into the training of the birds, the joy of "plant school," the experience so far for the awesome crew of seasonal staff joining the show for the first time, the zoo birds making their triumphant return to Minnesota after going through training boot camp in Florida, and the team's guesses about what routines guests are going to be the most excited about. Happy Memorial Day, and happy opening weekend everyone! If you have a suggestion for a question, topic, or guest you'd like to hear on a future episode of the show, let us know at podcast@naturalencounters.com! --------------------------------- The TEC Talk Podcast is proud to be sponsored by Audible.com! To support the show and get a free 30-day trial of everything Audible has to offer, visit http://www.audibletrial.com/tectalk- thanks Audible!

Created by the State of Minnesota, the Minnesota Zoo opened in 1978 with a mission to connect people, animals, and the natural world to save wildlife. Cutting-edge exhibits provide exciting experiences with animals and their habitats, introducing guests to species from around the globe. Education programs engage audiences at the Zoo, throughout the region, and around world. Conservation programs protect endangered species and preserve critical ecosystems. Meet John Frawley, Director of the Minnesota Zoo and Jamie Flaws, Executive Director of the Minnesota Zoo Foundation.  They bring us inside the Zoo and share their insights, the success of the new Tree Top Trail and why Zoo's matter.

Kristi Berg from the Zoo talked with Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News!

Kristi Berg from the Zoo talked with Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News!

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Feb. 8. It dropped for free subscribers on Feb. 15. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoNathan Birr, Chief Operating Officer of Buck Hill, MinnesotaRecorded onJanuary 26, 2024About Buck HillOwned by: David and Corrine (Chip) SolnerLocated in: Burnsville, MinnesotaYear founded: 1954Pass affiliations:* Indy Base Pass – 2 days with 16 holiday blackouts* Indy+ Pass – 2 days with no blackoutsClosest neighboring ski areas: Hyland Hills (:21), Como Park (:33), Afton Alps (:41), Elm Creek (:43), Welch Village (:46)Base elevation: 919 feetSummit elevation: 1,225 feetVertical drop: 306 feetSkiable Acres: 45 Average annual snowfall: 60 inchesTrail count: 14 (2 most difficult, 6 intermediate, 6 beginner), 4 terrain parksLift count: 9 (2 fixed-grip quads, 1 triple, 4 ropetows, 2 conveyors - view Lift Blog's inventory of Buck Hill's lift fleet)View historic Buck Hill trailmaps on skimap.org.Why I interviewed himBuck Hill rises like a ludicrous contraption, impossible there in the Twin Cities flatlands, like the ski resort knotted into Thneedville's inflatable glades and shirt-sleeve clime (1:25):How did it get there? What does it do? Did someone build it? At first, I thought someone must have, like Mount Brighton, Michigan. But no. The glaciers made it, a gift to the far future as these ice walls retreated and crumbled. It is the highest point for 200 miles in any direction.Before skiing, Native Americans used the hill as a vantage to stalk deer drinking from Crystal Lake. Thus the name. It has probably been “Buck Hill” for hundreds of years. Maybe thousands. Now the lake is covered in ice-fishing shanties all winter, and the hill is hemmed in by an interstate on one side and housing developments on all the rest. And the hill, 45 acres of fall line that erupts from seemingly nowhere for seemingly no reason, is covered with skiers.Good skiers. I am enormously fond of the Midwest's blue-collar ski scene, its skiers on rental gear in hunter-orange jackets, rat-packing with their buddies as a hootalong thing to do on a Wednesday night. This does not exist everywhere anymore, but in the Midwest skiing is still cheap and so it still does. And these rough fellows dot the slopes of Buck. But they don't define the place like they do at Spirit or Nub's Nob or Snowriver. Because what defines Buck Hill is the shin-guard-wearing, speed-suit wrapped, neon-accented-even-though-neon-has-been-over-for-30-years squadrons of velocity-monsters whipping through plastic poles drilled into the snow.It can be hard to square smallness with might. But England once ruled half the world from a nation roughly the size of Louisiana. Some intangible thing. And tiny Buck Hill, through intention, persistence, and a lack of really anything else to do, has established itself, over the decades, as one of the greatest ski-race-training centers on the planet, sending more than 50 athletes to the U.S. Ski Team. Credit founders Chuck and Nancy Stone for the vision; credit confused-upon-arrival Austrian Erich Sailer (“Where's the hill?” he supposedly asked), for building the race program; credit whatever stalled that glacier on that one spot long enough to leave us a playground that stuck around for 10,000 years until we invented chairlifts. Buck is a spectacular amalgam of luck and circumstance, an improbable place made essential.What we talked aboutBuck Hill's brand-new quad; party up top; the tallest point in 200 miles; Chuck and Nancy Stone, who started a ski area on a farmer's pasture; a glacier's present to skiers; the hazards of interstate-adjacent snowmaking; why the resort's founders and long-term owners finally sold the bump in 2015; Erich Sailer and Buck's incredible ski racing legacy; Lindsay Vonn; a perfect competition center sitting just outside of 3 million front doors; experiments in year-round skiing; the lift fleet; taming the electric bills; Buck's Great Parking Puzzle; the Indy Pass; why Buck chose Indy Pass over Ski Cooper; and $49 for a weekend lift ticket.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewA skier dropping into Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport can find skiing within half an hour in any direction. East to Vail-owned Afton Alps, north to city-owned Como Park, west to Hyland Hills and what are perhaps the fastest ropetows in America. I chose south, to Buck Hill, on a sunny Sunday last February.It was a mistake. I circled the parking lot, then circled the neighborhood beside the parking lot, then circled the parking lot again. Nothing. So I drove to Welch Village, where people on the chairlift kept asking, in a borderline accusatory way, why I would travel to Minnesota from New York, on purpose, to ski.The answer is that I value novelty and quirk more than brand-name and stoke (at least when it comes to ski areas; as an adherent of both Taco Bell and Miller Lite, I have a Basic Bro Deluxe side as well). But also because I have this ski newsletter and podcast, whose vitality is based at least in part on a commitment to examining the entirety of American skiing.I made it back to Buck Hill on Thursday, my last stop before I boarded my flight home to LaGuardia. This time, I parked without issue. I was in no mood for a challenge, and Buck Hill was in no position to offer one. Sightseer skiing. I cruised around and watched the park kids and the racer kids and the little kids trickling in after school. It felt like stumbling into a gymnasium with basketball practice on one court and volleyball practice on the next one and track practice on the elevated lanes above. In other words, not like any version of skiing I had ever seen before. It felt purposeful, focused, deliberate; the opposite of the improvisational exploratory sort of wandering that anchors my own skiing.All of which makes complete sense to anyone indoctrinated to the Buck Hill Way. But I'd gone in blind, poking the nearest ski hill into the GPS and seeing what turned up. It turned up something pretty special, and I wanted to get the full story.Questions I wish I'd askedI'd meant to get into Birr's new blog, “Notes from Nate.” Check it out here.What I got wrongI suggested that Wilmot, Wisconsin was a manufactured hill, like Mount Brighton, Michigan (which is made of landfill from the construction of two nearby freeways, I-96 and US 23). This is incorrect: Wilmot's 194 vertical feet are the result of the same glaciation process that formed Buck Hill.Why you should ski Buck HillI have never seen anything like Buck Hill. I have seen ski areas with race courses and terrain parks and mogul fields, of course, because most ski areas have most of these things. But until I pulled into Buck's parking lot last February, I had never seen these things stacked side-by-side, end-to-end, with such deliberate precision, like crops rowed along a hillside. The halfpipe has its own lift. The terrain park has its own lift. The race course has its own lift. The mogul run has its own lift. These are a combination of chairlifts and high-speed ropetows, utilitarian machines with a workmanlike purpose: pump athletes up the hill hundreds of times in a row.It's less mechanized than I'm making it sound. Like a coffee shop that can sometimes host evening concerts, Buck Hill takes many forms. And despite the racer troops constantly bunching around all parts of the hill, Buck is often just a bunch of people sitting around drinking lattes. I free-skied there for a few hours without getting yelled at, which frankly is less common than you would think, given my general curiosity and willingness to loosely interpret ambiguous signage. But the fall lines are steady and consistent. Looker's right hosts a fabulous beginner area, with an incomprehensibly long carpet that rides into a tunnel and over a bridge. I rode it just for fun.I can't say that the skiing is terribly interesting. Buck lacks the rollicking nooks and crannies of nearby Afton Alps and Welch Village. It's so small that I imagine it being a first-hand-up candidate if we ever start panic-converting our outdoor ski areas into indoor ones. There's just not a lot to do or explore. But one of the most common mistakes we make as skiers is trying to wish a ski area into something it can never be. This is why so many New Yorkers refuse to ski New England after taking that first trip west. But they're missing so much of what Vermont is by obsessing over what it is not.Buck, rote, repetitive, and tiny, is exactly perfect for the market it serves: beginners, racers, freestylers, and their families. All the on-hill hubbub can make it hard to hang out, but find a moment to linger at the summit, to gaze at the frozen lake below, at the placid Midwest rolling off into forever. It's not the greatest ski area you'll ever find, but it is a singular, spectacular place in a very specific way. If you can find a parking spot.Podcast NotesHere's a little feature on Buck Hill from Minnesota BoundAnother from Midwest skiersOn the SolnersI kept referring to “things the Solners said they wanted to do” when they bought Buck Hill back in 2015. I mined that info from various sources, but this article from Hometown Source is a good overview:[The Solners] envision a year-round business with plastic slopes for warm weather, an indoor training center, a mixed-use entertainment and retail development beneath floors of hotel rooms, and a hilltop restaurant and banquet center reached via “chondola.”“It's a combination of chairlift and gondola,” said Don McClure, who's worked at Buck Hill for 40 years. …The first piece may be laying a plastic “dry slope” product called Neveplast on part of the hill. Lessons, clinics, team training and general recreational use could be extended year-round.Solner said dry slopes haven't caught on widely in North America, though he skied on a plastic jump in his hometown of Middleton, Wisconsin.A training gym with indoor ramps and foam pits is also envisioned. Solner said he saw one a couple of years ago in Colorado. He later approached McClure with the idea, and “conversations led to where we are today,” Solner said.The owners also envision a microbrewery, coffee shop and retail stores, with a hotel above the ground-level uses.Outdoor concerts are part of the plan, with an amphitheater of about 1,500 seats — the size of the Minnesota Zoo's.On Erich SailerWhile transforming Buck Hill into an internationally renowned racing center was the vision of founders Chuck and Nancy Stone, it was Erich Sailer who actually executed the transformation. Here's an excellent video on his legacy:On the M.A.X. PassI've written often about the M.A.X. Pass, which Ikon mercilessly crushed beneath its Godzilla feet in 2018. The partner list was just terrific:On founder Nancy Stone's Buck Hill history bookMrs. Stone's book is called Buck Hill: A History, Let's Give It a Whirl. I can't find a print edition for sale anywhere (perhaps they sell it at Buck Hill).On snowmaking and proximity to the freewayBirr sent me this photo of the warning signs MDOT lights up on Interstate 35 when Buck Hill is making snow:On Lindsay VonnThe Olympic gold medalist's fondness for Buck Hill is well-documented. The feeling is mutual – the ski area dedicated a ropetow to its most famous alum in 2019:The world may know her as Lindsey Vonn, but the Minnesota community that watched her grow into one of the greatest ski racers in history still remembers little Lindsey Caroline Kildow climbing up Buck Hill's simple rope tow. Vonn, the daughter of a local ski racer Alan Kildow, got her own racing start at the Burnsville ski area at a young age. Patrons remember seeing her soaring down the hill when she was only 2 years old, and just five years later she began riding up the rope that will now bear her name.On September 23rd, at her home hill of Buck Hill, in Burnsville, Minn., Lindsey's ascent to the top of her sport was recognized formally, with the official naming of "Kildow's Climb" rope tow. "All of us at Buck Hill are very happy and excited to honor Lindsey by renaming our lift on the race training hill in her name," said Dave Solner, owner of Buck Hill.September 23 was also declared “Lindsey Vonn Day” in Burnsville, Minn."Obviously being from Buck is not the most likely of paths to become Olympic downhill champion, but I think I proved that anything is possible" said Vonn at the ceremony. "So, for all of you kids that are still racing here, just keep believing in yourself and anything is possible. And listen to Erich (Sailer), even though he's not always around anymore, but he's probably still yelling from somewhere. I wanted to name the rope tow after my family. My grandfather was the one who taught us how to ski. He built a rope tow in Wisconsin, and started my dad skiing, and the whole family. Then my dad taught me, and Erich taught my father and taught me. Kildow is my family name, and I wanted my family name to stay here at Buck, so 'Kildow's Climb' is here to show you that anything's possible."On that long magic carpetMan this thing is so cool:On the concentration of ski areas around the Twin CitiesI'll reset this chart I put together for the Trollhaugen podcast last year, which shows how densely clustered ski areas are around the Twin Cities:On warm-weather outdoor skiingWe talk a bit about Buck's experiments with warm-weather skiing. There's actually a whole year-round ski area at Liberty University in Virginia that's built on something called Snowflex. I don't count it in my official ski areas inventory because there's no snow involved, but it's pretty neat looking. Kinda like a big skate park:On energy efficiencyWe talk a bit about Buck Hill's energy-efficiency initiatives. This Dakota Energy profile breaks down the different elements of that, including snowmaking and lighting efficiency.On In Pursuit of Soul IIProduced by Teton Gravity Research, In Pursuit of Soul II features Buck Hill and seven other Midwest ski areas: Lutsen, Granite Peak, Nordic Mountain, Tyrol Basin, Little Switzerland, The Rock Snowpark, and Caberfae Peaks. It's awesome:On the Ski Cooper controversyBirr and I briefly discuss Buck Hill getting caught in the crossfire of an Indy Pass/Ski Cooper dispute. I'm not going to reset the whole thing here, but I wrote two long articles detailing the whole fiasco over the summer.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 9/100 in 2024, and number 509 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. 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More than 20 years ago, 7th-grade Kurt entered his first mountain bike race at the Minnesota Zoo, and he's been racing and adventuring on bikes ever since. After bouncing around the road and scenes while in graduate school, he eventually returned to the dirt and became enamored by probing mental and physical limits in multi-day ultra endurance events, winning and setting records in some of the toughest bikepacking races in the United States – Tour Divide, the Arizona Trail 300 and 750, the Colorado Trail Race, the Iditarod Trail Invitational, and more. Today we're honing in on Kurt's recent completion (only the third ever) of biking the CDT. Yes, most of the CDT is bikeable (I didn't know this), with the opportunity to take different routes through the non-bikeable wilderness segments. This trail is hard so even for a seasoned and record-breaking cyclist like Kurt, the mileage doesn't come easy. Rugged backcountry trails are where he loves riding the most. He rides for the Industry Nine - Pivot Pro Backcountry team, and beyond pedaling his bike, Kurt is a co-founder of and the Routes Director at Bikepacking Roots, a cycling coach, a former geology professor, and an advocate for landscapes, backcountry trails, and climate.IG: https://www.instagram.com/kurt.refsnider/Coaching website: https://www.ultramtb.net/Team website: https://backcountry-mtb.com/Our Sponsors:* Check out Oris Watches: https://www.oris.ch* Check out Roark and use my code ASP15 for a great deal: https://roark.com/* Check out Shopify and use my code asp for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com/aspSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/adventure-sports-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

 Kristi Berg from the Minnesota Zoo talked with Vineeta about the upcoming Zoom Stems design challenge!

 Kristi Berg from the Minnesota Zoo talked with Vineeta about the upcoming Zoom Stems design challenge!

Well, winter arrived just in time for Halloween... ABFAB: Alexis loved the Minnesota Zoo's Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular! The cast of "Friends" made a joint statement regarding the death of Matthew Perry, and Zoe Kravitz and Channing Tatum are engaged and a "Poltergeist" TV show is in development! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Well, winter arrived just in time for Halloween... ABFAB: Alexis loved the Minnesota Zoo's Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular! The cast of "Friends" made a joint statement regarding the death of Matthew Perry, and Zoe Kravitz and Channing Tatum are engaged and a "Poltergeist" TV show is in development! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tricks and Treats Valleyfair Runs through October 29th Tickets $39.00 Valleyfair separates itself into two themed halves for Halloween: the Land of Tricks, featuring Ickyville and Spooky Spires for those that desire grossness and goosebumps, and the Land of Treats with Everfall and Sweet Tooth Acres for those that want something more peaceful and reminiscent of a harvest festival. Both areas feature themed events and, of course, a whole lot of candy. Valleyfair's popular rides will also be open during the event. https://www.valleyfair.com Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Minnesota Zoo Runs through November 4th Tickets; $15.95 - $21.95 Glowing jack-o-lanterns are on the docket at this spectacular (spook-tacular?) event, hosted by the Minnesota Zoo. Walk down the trail with friends and family to see thousands of decorated pumpkins, and even get a personalized gourd of your own to take home! https://mnzoo.org The Lexington - Paranormal Events St. Paul Twin Cities Paranormal Society Cocktail Party: Reminisce and drink over the Twin Cities Paranormal Society's spooky adventures Oct. 27, 28 and 30 at The Lexington restaurant in St. Paul. On Oct. 30, the party will be joined by paranormal investigator Dave Schrader, host of the podcast The Paranormal 60, who will reveal the findings of his overnight investigation of The Lexington itself. Tickets available at opentable.com/r/the-lexington-saint-paul.  Onionhead's Revenge Mall of America Runs through October 31st Tickets start at $39.95 Enter Onionhead's Revenge, “A new breed of haunted house,”  only if you dare. The haunted house tells the fictional folklore of “Onionhead,” but the fictitious nature doesn't make it any less terrifying. https://www.americanmonsters.com/ticketing Trail of Terror and Phantom's Feast Renaissance Festival Runs through October 30th $90.00 Held on the grounds of the Renaissance Festival, enjoy a hearty Phantom's Feast dinner, complete with your own Phantom's mug, and hear ghost stories about the spirits who supposedly haunt the grounds. A ghost hunt follows each show for those who dare. Who needs the Ghostbusters? https://www.trailofterrormn.com/phantoms/ Haunted Basement Travail - Robbinsdale The dinner event starts at 5:45 p.m. and runs Wednesdays to Saturdays until Nov. 4, as well as Tuesday, Oct. 31. A Party To Die For: Minneapolis nonprofit The Haunted Basement transforms Travail Kitchen and Amusements in Robbinsdale into a spine-tingling dining experience with a 10-course Halloween-themed tasting menu and cocktails. Tickets available at exploretock.com/travailkitchen. 7. BOOnion Depot On Oct. 29 the Union Depot in St Paul from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m Free The Depot will transform into BOOnion Depot. The all-ages event features crafts, face painting, balloon artists, costumed heroes, food trucks, and a DJ pumping jams to a dance floor. The event takes place in the Union Depot's waiting room. More information at the Facebook event page: facebook.com/events/1438576980018778

Tricks and Treats Valleyfair Runs through October 29th Tickets $39.00 Valleyfair separates itself into two themed halves for Halloween: the Land of Tricks, featuring Ickyville and Spooky Spires for those that desire grossness and goosebumps, and the Land of Treats with Everfall and Sweet Tooth Acres for those that want something more peaceful and reminiscent of a harvest festival. Both areas feature themed events and, of course, a whole lot of candy. Valleyfair's popular rides will also be open during the event. https://www.valleyfair.com Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Minnesota Zoo Runs through November 4th Tickets; $15.95 - $21.95 Glowing jack-o-lanterns are on the docket at this spectacular (spook-tacular?) event, hosted by the Minnesota Zoo. Walk down the trail with friends and family to see thousands of decorated pumpkins, and even get a personalized gourd of your own to take home! https://mnzoo.org The Lexington - Paranormal Events St. Paul Twin Cities Paranormal Society Cocktail Party: Reminisce and drink over the Twin Cities Paranormal Society's spooky adventures Oct. 27, 28 and 30 at The Lexington restaurant in St. Paul. On Oct. 30, the party will be joined by paranormal investigator Dave Schrader, host of the podcast The Paranormal 60, who will reveal the findings of his overnight investigation of The Lexington itself. Tickets available at opentable.com/r/the-lexington-saint-paul.  Onionhead's Revenge Mall of America Runs through October 31st Tickets start at $39.95 Enter Onionhead's Revenge, “A new breed of haunted house,”  only if you dare. The haunted house tells the fictional folklore of “Onionhead,” but the fictitious nature doesn't make it any less terrifying. https://www.americanmonsters.com/ticketing Trail of Terror and Phantom's Feast Renaissance Festival Runs through October 30th $90.00 Held on the grounds of the Renaissance Festival, enjoy a hearty Phantom's Feast dinner, complete with your own Phantom's mug, and hear ghost stories about the spirits who supposedly haunt the grounds. A ghost hunt follows each show for those who dare. Who needs the Ghostbusters? https://www.trailofterrormn.com/phantoms/ Haunted Basement Travail - Robbinsdale The dinner event starts at 5:45 p.m. and runs Wednesdays to Saturdays until Nov. 4, as well as Tuesday, Oct. 31. A Party To Die For: Minneapolis nonprofit The Haunted Basement transforms Travail Kitchen and Amusements in Robbinsdale into a spine-tingling dining experience with a 10-course Halloween-themed tasting menu and cocktails. Tickets available at exploretock.com/travailkitchen. 7. BOOnion Depot On Oct. 29 the Union Depot in St Paul from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m Free The Depot will transform into BOOnion Depot. The all-ages event features crafts, face painting, balloon artists, costumed heroes, food trucks, and a DJ pumping jams to a dance floor. The event takes place in the Union Depot's waiting room. More information at the Facebook event page: facebook.com/events/1438576980018778

Get ready to embark on a magical journey through the dark and mystical realms of Halloween as we explore the enchanting Jack-O'-Lantern Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo. In this special episode, join us as we venture into a world of wonder, where thousands of intricately carved pumpkins come to life in a mesmerizing display of artistry and light.Video detailing the event: https://vimeo.com/859421786 

Chris and Ari are melting in Central Florida, but luckily they're joined by some very cool people in a much cooler climate - Dan Blair, Meg Meyer, Kayla Rowand, Brianna Thorson, and Laurel Mochinski (along with special guest start Cori Dawson) from Minnesota Zoo's World of Birds Show (Presented by Wings Financial)! We get to discuss the team's experience booting up a brand new show from scratch, Laurel's history with the bird show dating back to when it was run by some guy named Steve Martin (sounds familiar...), speculations about the visitors' favorite birds, the restaurants and bars that the team still has to visit before the show run ends next month, and the white feathered wonder that is Coconut the Cockatoo.  If there's a question you'd like us to answer, a topic you think we should discuss, or a guest you'd like to see on the show (even - and especially - if it's YOU), drop us an email at podcast@naturalencounters.com! --------------------------------- The TEC Talk Podcast is proud to be sponsored by Audible.com! To support the show and get a free 30-day trial of everything Audible has to offer, visit http://www.audibletrial.com/tectalk- thanks Audible!

Sheletta chat with her friends from The Minnesota Zoo about their new treetop trail and what safety precautions they've taken to keep kids with autism safe.

Did we get a new clue from Q about this year's PD&D theme? AB FAB: Jason loves the new Treetop Trail at the Minnesota Zoo, a round of "5 Second Showdown," AND an update on the WGA strike: Smart money is that it's not ending anytime soon... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Did we get a new clue from Q about this year's PD&D theme? AB FAB: Jason loves the new Treetop Trail at the Minnesota Zoo, a round of "5 Second Showdown," AND an update on the WGA strike: Smart money is that it's not ending anytime soon... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hawk talks about the Minnesota Zoo and more in KFAN News, Marney Gellner joins and gives a Minnesota Lynx update

In the first hour, Bob Sansevere goes over notable news from Vikings training camp and dives into the world of olympic swimming.In hour #2, Kristyn Burtt tells us the 2023 Emmy Awards being postponed and KSTP's Chris Egert shares his stories of being a parent to a new teenage driver and talks about the latest attraction at the Minnesota Zoo.In hour #3, SKOR North's Phil Mackey and Twins legend Kent Hrbek look ahead to the Twins' series against the Royals and what could be in store for the club ahead of the trade deadline. Officer Dave joins the crew in-studio, and Tim Lammers gives his review on the new Disney movie "The Haunted Mansion"Stream the show LIVE on the Tom. Barnard Show app M-F from 7-10AM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the first hour, Bob Sansevere goes over notable news from Vikings training camp and dives into the world of olympic swimming.In hour #2, Kristyn Burtt tells us the 2023 Emmy Awards being postponed and KSTP's Chris Egert shares his stories of being a parent to a new teenage driver and talks about the latest attraction at the Minnesota Zoo.In hour #3, SKOR North's Phil Mackey and Twins legend Kent Hrbek look ahead to the Twins' series against the Royals and what could be in store for the club ahead of the trade deadline. Officer Dave joins the crew in-studio, and Tim Lammers gives his review on the new Disney movie "The Haunted Mansion"Stream the show LIVE on the Tom. Barnard Show app M-F from 7-10AM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the first hour, Bob Sansevere goes over notable news from Vikings training camp and dives into the world of olympic swimming.In hour #2, Kristyn Burtt tells us the 2023 Emmy Awards being postponed and KSTP's Chris Egert shares his stories of being a parent to a new teenage driver and talks about the latest attraction at the Minnesota Zoo.In hour #3, SKOR North's Phil Mackey and Twins legend Kent Hrbek look ahead to the Twins' series against the Royals and what could be in store for the club ahead of the trade deadline. Officer Dave joins the crew in-studio, and Tim Lammers gives his review on the new Disney movie "The Haunted Mansion"Stream the show LIVE on the Tom. Barnard Show app M-F from 7-10AM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the first hour, Bob Sansevere goes over notable news from Vikings training camp and dives into the world of olympic swimming. In hour #2, Kristyn Burtt tells us the 2023 Emmy Awards being postponed and KSTP's Chris Egert shares his stories of being a parent to a new teenage driver and talks about the latest attraction at the Minnesota Zoo. In hour #3, SKOR North's Phil Mackey and Twins legend Kent Hrbek look ahead to the Twins' series against the Royals and what could be in store for the club ahead of the trade deadline. Officer Dave joins the crew in-studio, and Tim Lammers gives his review on the new Disney movie "The Haunted Mansion" Stream the show LIVE on the Tom. Barnard Show app M-F from 7-10AM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first hour, Bob Sansevere goes over notable news from Vikings training camp and dives into the world of olympic swimming. In hour #2, Kristyn Burtt tells us the 2023 Emmy Awards being postponed and KSTP's Chris Egert shares his stories of being a parent to a new teenage driver and talks about the latest attraction at the Minnesota Zoo. In hour #3, SKOR North's Phil Mackey and Twins legend Kent Hrbek look ahead to the Twins' series against the Royals and what could be in store for the club ahead of the trade deadline. Officer Dave joins the crew in-studio, and Tim Lammers gives his review on the new Disney movie "The Haunted Mansion" Stream the show LIVE on the Tom. Barnard Show app M-F from 7-10AM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first hour, Bob Sansevere goes over notable news from Vikings training camp and dives into the world of olympic swimming. In hour #2, Kristyn Burtt tells us the 2023 Emmy Awards being postponed and KSTP's Chris Egert shares his stories of being a parent to a new teenage driver and talks about the latest attraction at the Minnesota Zoo. In hour #3, SKOR North's Phil Mackey and Twins legend Kent Hrbek look ahead to the Twins' series against the Royals and what could be in store for the club ahead of the trade deadline. Officer Dave joins the crew in-studio, and Tim Lammers gives his review on the new Disney movie "The Haunted Mansion" Stream the show LIVE on the Tom. Barnard Show app M-F from 7-10AM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Muss has a cautionary tale in KFAN News, the guys talk about a new elevated walking path at the Minnesota Zoo, Ben shares a players perspective on the day before Training Camp

I had Mark Rossi on my podcast today and we had a really wonderful talk. I've known Mark for almost 30 years and he's been in my gallery almost that long as well. He's known for his sculptures of animals. He's focused primarily on the animals of the Sonoran Desert, but because he's involved in so many museum collections as well as zoo collections, he's gotten to do a lot of exotic animals as well.If you're in the world-famous San Diego Zoo, you're going to see a Mark Rossi. If you're visiting the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum here in Tucson, you're going to see a Mark Rossi. The Houston Zoo, the Minnesota Zoo, and the Philadephia Zoo - all of these places have Mark's work. So it's fun to go and find out about his story, especially for his father,  Paul Rossi, who was a very well-known sculptor and painter and was the director of the Gilcrease Museum.We talk a lot about the Gilcrease, as well as Frank Waters, who was a novelist that wrote 26 different books on Hopi and Taos, and the foundation that Mark operates to preserve Frank's legacy. He was an important guy in the middle of the 20th century. This was a very interesting podcast with an individual that I've known for a very long time. It's so much fun for me when I get to crack the nut a little bit and see somebody that I've known in a new light. I got that today with Mark Rossi.

Dateline: April 21, 2023. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!  In Zoo News, we talk about Zoo Poo from Buffalo, a new zoo in Texas, updates on the pandas at Zoo Atlanta and the National Zoo, a cool repurposing of an old ride at the Minnesota Zoo, and so much more! We also have a short interview with our good friend and future podcast guest Vittoria about a beloved animal at Naples Zoo that has passed away. In Conservation News, we discuss how bird flu is affecting California condors, solve the mystery of the sea urchin,  and more!And in Other News, we discuss loony loons, a sloth photobombing a space launch, and an amazing update to the bald eagle story from last week!ROSSIFARI LINKS: www.rossifari.com patreon.com/rossifari @rossifari on socials @rossifaripod on TikTok

Updated: March 20, 4:14 p.m. | Posted: Feb. 27, 4 a.m. Persia Erdrich's son had just turned 2 years old when he spoke his first sentence in Ojibwe. The pair were visiting the Minnesota Zoo as part of a group of babies, toddlers, parents and elders in a program to teach Ojibwe to young children and their parents. Erdrich, whose Ojibwe name is Netaa-niimid, said it happened when her son Patrick Linehan, whose Ojibwe name is Ogimaagaabaw, pointed at a bear in an enclosure.“Makwa nibaa,” he said. The bear is sleeping.This was possible for Erdrich's son because they attend a language nest in Cloquet, Minn., on the Fond du Lac Reservation called Gookonaanig Endaawaad, or “Grandma's House.” The program started in 2020, and now seven families learn Ojibwe traditions and language from elders who speak it as their first language.Grandma's House is not like a drop-off daycare or an immersion school where only the children learn. Through a grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation and support from other funders, parents get paid to learn alongside and speak with their children in Ojibwe five hours a day, four days a week.Don Jones, whose Ojibwe name is Niigaanibines, is one of the elders who teaches at Grandma's House. He said the language nest got its name because “a lot of young Anishinaabe people always went to Grandma's house for food, company, legends, and stories.” The word Anishinaabe refers to the Indigenous people of this area of the U.S. and Canada, and Ojibwe is a specific subgroup, so some use the terms interchangeably.Jones has been learning and speaking Ojibwe since he was born. It is unlikely that any adults who speak Ojibwe as their first language remain in the Fond du Lac Reservation, but it is not definitively known. All of the elders sharing their teachings at Grandma's House travel to Cloquet from places like Ontario, Manitoba, and Wisconsin. For instance, Jones travels from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation, which is on the Canadian side of the border from International Falls, Minn.“Even in our community on the Canadian side, I grew up in that kind of environment. I appreciate the love and kindness from grandmothers and what they provide: love and caring and sharing. So, that was the whole idea about recreating that kind of concept here.”The beginning of language revitalizationGrandma's House wouldn't have been possible a little more than a generation ago. In the late 1800s, the U.S. government created a policy that banned speaking or teaching in any language other than English in schools. This was standard practice in Native American boarding schools. For generations, Native children were taken from their families, banned from speaking their native language or engaging in traditional religious practices, and often abused if they didn't comply. Hundreds of Native children died in these schools. Counts vary, but there were at least a dozen of these boarding schools in Minnesota. “It wasn't until the passing of the Native American Languages Act in 1990 that we saw a federal policy that allowed the use of Native American languages in the classroom,” said Deidre Whiteman, director of research and education for the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, which is based in Minneapolis.“When Indigenous communities lose their languages, they also lose thousands of years of stories and traditions,” Whiteman stated. “Everything we know about ourselves as Native peoples is found in our languages — our songs, our stories, and our ceremonies. Our connection to our lands is rooted in languages. It's what makes us who we are.”A study led by The Australian National University and published in 2021 found that, worldwide, “The loss of language diversity results from a complex network of factors, particularly those associated with colonization, globalization, and social and economic change.”Ojibwe is endangered and there were only an estimated 678 first-language Ojibwe speakers in Minnesota in 2009, according to the University of Minnesota.The “language nest” model of language revitalization began in New Zealand, where a movement to revive the Maori language began in the 1970s. In the 1980s, the government there began funding language nests, or Te Kōhanga Reo, which brought elders together with children and their parents. The program flourished there. By 1991, a year after the U.S. lifted the ban on learning Native languages, New Zealand had “630 kōhanga reo operating, with a total enrollment of 10,451 children and about 4,000 staff”, according to an essay from Maori scholars Tania Rei and Carra Hamon. Language nest models now exist worldwide, but only a few exist in the United States. Commonly cited reasons include a lack of fluent speakers, financial challenges, and loss of language diversity.Likely the oldest equivalent to a language nest in the U.S. is 'Aha Pūnana Leo, meaning “nest of voices,” in Hawaii.There also is a history of language revitalization programs including language nests in Minnesota. Eni-gikendaasoyang, or the Enweyang Ojibwe Language Nest, was a preschool lab classroom that taught Native and non-native children common core subjects in Ojibwe at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. The school ran from 2009 to 2014.Minnesota is also part of several Native ancestral homelands, such as Lakota and Dakota people. In South Dakota they have a Lakota Language & Education Initiative, and in North Dakota the Lakȟól'iyapi Wahóȟpi Lakota Language Immersion Nest. And last fall in 2022, the University of Minnesota began a Dakota language nest program.Other language nests are still forming across the U.S. today: Saad K'idilyé Diné Language Nest (SKDLN) opened in August in New Mexico. How Grandma's House came to beThe seed that bloomed into Grandma's House started more than a dozen years ago. A small group, most who met in the University of Minnesota's Ojibwe Language Program including Erdrich, developed an idea for an immersive program where adults could learn from Ojibwe elders. The group worked with the Fond du Lac Tribal College to create Ojibwemotaadidaa, an Ojibwe Immersion academy for adults. It was there that discussions began about making an Ojibwe language nest for the adults at the academy who were planning or starting to have children, including Erdrich. “I was actually living in Wisconsin but I moved back here because I wanted him to learn how to speak Ojibwe,” she said about her son. Many minds went into the creation of Grandma's House. Families from Leech Lake, Bad River, and even Ontario attended these adult language camps where part of the brainstorming of Grandma's House took place. When Grandma's House was developing, the group did a pipe ceremony. Jones said they requested “guidance from the Spirits, for the program to be looked after and funded, and to provide spiritual guidance in the way this unfolds in the future.” Putting his faith in that ceremony, Jones stated Grandma's House would “come about the way it should come about.”“It was prophesized that a new generation would come in and bring back what was lost. And I really feel like the people in the language revitalization movement are that generation,” said Nicole Kneeland, who is the grant manager for Grandma's House and helped secure the grant that financially supports parents in the program. Her Ojibwe name is Gaagigegiizhigookwe. See inside Grandma's House Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation got involved because it is “committed to increasing access to early childhood care and education in a way that advances racial and health equity. The efforts of Fond Du Lac Tribal College and their creation of Grandma's House is a great example of that intersection,” stated Bukata Hayes, chair of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation board.Due to distance, some families who helped develop Grandma's House can't attend. From elders to parents to Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, to the newest and youngest first-language Ojibwe speakers at Grandma's House, the program's foundation is still growing. Erdrich and several others involved in the founding now have children in Grandma's House."Learning Ojibwe in college and pursuing learning the language and teaching the language, I hadn't really thought about babies speaking it as their first language,” Erdrich said. “It seemed like this impossible thing because of how much work it would be, how hard it would be to have a whole community and other babies to be speaking Ojibwe, but it's happening! And it's amazing because it's the peer language here so the kids are speaking Ojibwe to each other,” she said. ‘Language is healing'Even though it falls under the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Grandma's House is not like other college language programs. Learning a Native language in an academic setting is beneficial for language revitalization, but academic learning does not usually include learning the traditions, heritage or spirit within a Native community.A regular day at Grandma's House begins with a snack and casual interaction while the kids, parents, and elder or elders arrive. Then, depending on the season, they head outside for activities. In winter the group will snowshoe along trails or set rabbit snares; other times they will tap trees for syrup and sugar. A lot of the work is in noticing and identifying when things are changing in nature and telling the kids about it. For example, now is the season when rabbits are pregnant, so parents and elders teach the kids not to kill animals that carry young. After, everyone heads back inside to eat lunch. Sometimes they teach the little ones to process and eat wild rice, or eat what's harvested from their garden.Language diversity provides different ways of thinking and listening. Jones described that when he hears stories in Anishinaabe, “the words are very beautiful.” He said he can see a picture developing as other elders talk, as opposed to when he hears something in English and has to listen carefully to see what's being said. He said his teaching style at Grandma's House relies more “on the legends, the stories, and what my grandparents and my parents taught me to speak the language.”Grandma's House is set to expand soon. It recently got notice of funding to start an extended program this fall for children ages 3-5 to learn Ojibwe, taught by Erdrich, according to Kneeland.“We're working with the Fond du Lac Tribe to find a licensed space. Families that are currently in the program will shift their children into that program which will open up more family spots in our Grandma's House,” shared Kneeland. It will continue Ojibwe language learning when children leave the language nest.“There will be applications soon, but we're still working on it right now. This summer will be a big application period for us because we're going to go through two programs: Grandma's House and the new preschool classroom,” she said. Waking up a sleeping language Although it's common to refer to a language no longer commonly spoken as a “dead language,” some people in the language revitalization movement instead refer to them as “asleep.” The idea is that sleeping languages can be awakened through family and community efforts. Waking up Native languages can also bring intergenerational healing.“There's a tremendous amount of healing in everything that we do around Grandma's House. Once they get to a certain age, they can pass on that knowledge later on if they're in their 30s and 40s. Then they can share what we passed on to them so it continues, it lives on,” Jones said. “We all need each other to heal,” Whiteman said. “Our elders are our knowledge keepers and carry the memories of our ancestors. In our communities, elders are revered. When the youth are able to hear stories from elders, they are able to make that connection to who they are.”Native people learning their language is not only changing families but healing them. “Language is healing. When you speak your language, you have your Anishinaabe name, and your clan, and can introduce yourself and where you're from. So we always tell people that the spirit is always listening to us, not just the Great Spirit, but everything has spirit — the trees, the plants, all these are healing,” Jones said.Whiteman explained that some elders are “hesitant to re-learn their Native languages because of shame and guilt. Many struggle with their identities and feel robbed of that connection to their cultures that they felt they should have had. There were also many families who converted to Christianity and assimilated to survive.”However, the elders and families at Grandma's House are motivated to “break the cycle,” Kneeland said. “We do have situations where elders are hesitant to do this work due to the effects of being at boarding schools. It can be a really lonely trail doing this. We have to build that community and support each other, and now the language line is back in families. We have seven families that will have the language back since the last speaker two to three generations ago. This is changing families,” Kneeland said. Jones appreciates the lightness that can come with speaking and learning Ojibwe. “The spiritual language has a lot of humor. There's a lot of humor in our language, stories, directions, and mostly, what we call ‘Gizhewaadiziwin,' which is love and kindness, that's ingrained in the language,” Jones said. Erdrich is “fluent enough to keep a conversation but waiting to know enough to tell a good joke in Ojibwe.”“I can't believe it's happening: my little boy is speaking Ojibwe as his first language. The last person to speak it was my great-grandfather. It's a full circle of healing,” Erdrich said. Her son is now beginning to dream in Ojibwe. He recently shared with her a dream about a small bird flying high. It was eating, resting, and sleeping. “It was just this powerful moment because he was talking about his dream in Ojibwe and usually, in my experience, I only hear people speak about their dreams in Ojibwe when we are at ceremonies or there is some special important, maybe sacred, occasion. But, for him, he was speaking because that's the language he has.” Video of Persia ErdrichCorrection (Feb. 28, 2023): An earlier version of this story misstated the age of students at Eni-gikendaasoyang. Also, photo captions in an earlier version of this story misstated which language appears on a toy and the age of a child.

In which we play WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition, an ecological simulator of wolf-life in Yellowstone National Park. Pippin is astonished by the beauty of lupine smell-o-vision. David tries to piss his way to the top. These, and other GAMETHINGS. WolfQuest was originally developed by the Minnesota Zoo in collaboration with Eduweb in 2007. The Anniversary Edition was developed and published by Eduweb and released in 2018. – Visit us: https://gamething.life Email us: contact@gamething.life Support us: https://patreon.com/othergamethings/

Sheletta chats with her friends at the Minnesota Zoo about their Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular and how kids with sensory issues will enjoy this special non-spooky event for Halloween.

In this week's episode, we're wrapping up our summer series of highlighting different communities around the cities, and we're ending it with a look at Lakeville! Dena goes through the history of Lakeville and the 10 ten things to do in and around Lakeville! As always, enjoy!Places mentioned in this episode:Lakeville Brewing  - https://lakevillebrewing.com/Minnesota Zoo - https://mnzoo.org/Buck Hill - https://buckhill.com/Various Parks in Lakeville - https://www.lakevillemn.gov/FacilitiesLakeville Area Arts Center - https://visitlakeville.org/explore/things-to-do/arts-theater/lakeville-area-arts-center/Labyrinth Puzzle Rooms & More - https://www.labyrinthpuzzlerooms.com/Whitetail Woods - https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks/parksTrails/WhitetailWoods/Pages/whitetail-woods-camper-cabins.aspxAirlake Airport - https://metroairports.org/our-airports/airlake-airportOn a Mission Podcast can be found onFacebook at https://www.facebook.com/onamissionpod/Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/onamissionpod/Kelly can be found onFacebook at https://www.facebook.com/kellyanntanke/Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kellyatanke/Dena can be found onFacebook at https://www.facebook.com/dfrankrealtor/Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/denafrankcoaching/website at http://www.denafrank.com

These stories and topics are covered in the latest edition of The Sway Parade. All links at swayunlimited.comLil Bit'a News: Gay couple adopts dog left at N. Carolina animal shelter because owners said he's gay H.S. principal relieved of duties after calling students ‘asshats' Singer hospitalized because she wouldn't fart in front of partner Venice hotels give tourists water pistols for seagulls Putin, Minnesota Zoo's male Amur tiger, dies during routine procedure Birth control pill for men expected to start human trials this year Deep Shot Sports The Golden Bracket - Correction Russian Soldier takes wrong turn and ends up playing hoops for Iowa State St. Peter's Cinderella Run In Buffalo ranch on wings is sacrilege? Country Strong: Heffer Wrestler Scrub My Clip Mid air heroics Impromptu improv He gives me oxygin to breath Follow up to the piss 4 Cups Grapefruit technique It belongs to bedroom Thanos, now All that and more!If you want to support the show for free just like and rate and share with your friends. If you're down for the cause monetarily you can sign up for a Parade+ membership and receive exclusive perks | swayunlimited.com/pricing ★ Support this podcast ★

Tiger named Putin dies unexpectedly at Minnesota Zoo and Lori has a tiger story for the ages. Most Popular Male & Female Dog Names in Minnesota. Julia's Random Thoughts: The first licensed Asian-American female pilot in the U.S. For National Cocktail Day we have new recipes for Spring! Hollywood Speak: GOOP Former COO company distorted her body image.

12-yr-old tiger named 'Putin' dies unexpectedly at Minnesota Zoo, 'Model' says she has made $100K by taking COVID tests for her fans on VanVue, Paralyzed man communicates first words in months using brain implant: "I want a beer"

Adam opens the hour talking about some sad news about the Minnesota Zoo announcing the death of a tiger before transitioning to talk about his favorite classic frozen drink. Later, we wish Minnesota's Mayor Jimmy Francis a happy birthday and Chad Hartman joins for two segments of Dumber Than We Thought.

Sam shares a story that got left out of the Top 5 about a new baby animal born at the Minnesota Zoo, and Justice & Drew discuss a BLM supporting Gun Control Activist being arrested for attempted murder of a Louisville mayoral candidate.

There's a big event in the Listener Library this week! Our mysterious listener Jessica recommended we listen to “The Parade” from X Minus One. Thanks, Jessica! An ambitious promoter is hired to tease an impending event with the simple slogan, “The Martians are coming.” As more money gets spent to advertise the big day, the more mysterious what will happen becomes. Did actual Martians hire an advertising agency? Or is this some kind of hoax to convince people that Martians are invading? Will Tim survive the Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!

Gladys, a Eurasian eagle owl at the Minnesota Zoo, was training earlier this month, flew off to a tree and has not returned. The MN Zoo needs our help. A wild elk must be very happy today. The Wendy Williams Show announces its return without Wendy. Jason finished Netflix's Squid Game; what did he think?

Liz Gilles from the Minnesota Zoo discusses the zoo's "Show Us Your Mussels Challenge", the work the zoo is doing to educate people about mussels, and research being done at the zoo to figure out how to reintroduce mussels.

Justice & Drew are presented with Sam's Top 5, which includes the latest thing that the Minnesota Zoo is going to waste $22 million dollars on.

Dan and Al are joined by Pam Tuff to discuss important issues. Issues like which of her sons is a better driver, which son would she trust more to cook a good meal, and which son attended a cooler college campus. The trio also discusses her time working at the Minnesota Zoo, improvements that could be made to the neighborhood park and what's making Pam laugh these days. The three engage in a top four draft of the Disney princesses before rounding out the episode by looking at some old tweets. Intro: “Pantyhose” by TV GirlFrom the Free Music Archive CC BY NC 4.0Outro: “Pantyhose” by TV GirlFrom the Free Music Archive CC BY NC 4.0

Zach Nugent joins us from the Minnesota Zoo, Bruce Ross of Wisconsin Waterfowl Association on the Sandhill Crane hunting season potential & open water season on Lake Michigan, James Hall, BassMaster Magazine Editor in Chief, gives us a fishing participation update, and Stan Tekiela updates us on nature's Trouble Makers and Rule Breakers.    Find us on Facebook to keep up with all things Big Wild!

Support this podcast at patreon.com/qaf or paypal.me/RissyMcCoolThis week, we discuss our first experiences with queer and trans media, as well as our feelings on how it's developed over time. And of course, we heck some cis. Donate to the Minnesota Zoo: https://www.classy.org/campaign/hope-for-tomorrow/c279425https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8amFT1g1-o&fbclid=IwAR0qU74UP8wzJdQCXVgcrvNYAyJDB9JNtJN2oidLKeXHAkauyDAkXs1VNYkEnding Theme by Bee Person

Justice & Drew are presented with Sam's Top 5, which includes details on the Minnesota Zoo asking for $6 million dollars to cover costs for the COVID-19 shutdown ON TOP OF the $26 million they’re already getting in Walz’s bonding bill.

This week on the podcast, I talk with Sheila Colla, assistant professor in Environmental Studies at York University. At the end of February, Sheila and other bee experts came together at the Minnesota Zoo to plan for the recovery and future of the rusty patched bumble bee. And Sheila fills us in on what happened at the meeting.Sheila's graduate work first identified the drastic decline of this bumble bee and has been the foundation for protecting it as an endangered species in the United States. She has been an essential part of this ten-year journey towards recovery. And the recent conservation strategy meeting of bee experts is just the latest step in that journey. Sheila Colla:• Twitter @SaveWildBees• Website www.savethebumblebees.caWEEKLY UPDATE• Thousands of homeowners apply for Minnesota funding to turn lawns into bee-friendly habitats (Star Tribune) http://strib.mn/3cWmufW• Bumble bees hate pumpkin pollen, which may help pumpkins (Cornell University) https://bit.ly/3aPkpkc• Flower faithful native bee makes a reliable pollinator (University of California, Riverside) https://bit.ly/2TPmjvH• These tiny, plastic-munching caterpillars can clean up our world – but there's a catch (USA Today) https://bit.ly/2vTJrjvEXTRA• Pollinator License Plate online auction starts March 21 (Wild Friends NM) https://www.32auctions.com/WildFriendsPlease subscribe to the Bee Report Podcast. Leave a 5-star rating and review. And visit TheBeeReport.com to sign up for the newsletter to stay connected to the world of bees.Thoughts, questions or comments? Get in touch at tbr@bymattkelly.com.

How did wolves go from wild, untamed animals to the friendly furballs we know as dogs? In this episode we’ll learn about how our canine companions evolved. Plus, we’ll get a howling lesson, meet a pack of Alaskan wolves that moved to the Minnesota Zoo and hear what wolves mean to members of the Anishinabe Nation. And don’t forget: an action packed Mystery Sound and a Moment of Um about chapped lips. This episode is sponsored by Perfect Snacks (perfectbar.com/brainson) and Blinkist (blinkist.com/brains).

Gina Nacey is president and executive creative director of Adventure Creative, an agency based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their focus is on active lifestyle brands, recreation, and destination marketing. Gina has led the strategy and creative direction of Explore Minnesota’s brand new “Find Your True North” campaign, and the Minnesota Zoo’s “Where Amazing Lives.” Adventure Creative helped Sun RV Resorts launch a signature tier of resorts – among much more great work. Throughout her 20 year career, Gina’s work has been recognized with hundreds of Addy awards, including many Best of Show and Judge’s Choice awards. She was also honored with the American Advertising Federation Silver Medal for achievement in advertising. Gina has taught advertising, copywriting, and public relations. She has traveled nationally to judge advertising competitions, worked on several nonprofit boards, and served in a variety of roles with the American Advertising Federation. On this episode of Destination on the Left, I talk with Gina about the creative and strategic work it takes to connect emotionally with your target audience to build a great brand. We talk collaboration and doing work that transcends ego to put the client’s needs first.  What You Will Learn in This Episode: Why solving business problems is the heart of marketing How to make an emotional connection with people’s need to visit your destination Why marketing needs a seat at the table in broader business decisions How to use real experiences from visitors to tell your story How to create truly collaborative relationships Solving A Business Problem Destination marketing is much more than finding the right words and images to describe your organization. Ultimately it is about solving a business problem to bring visitors to you again and again. Gina describes her education and experience and how that connects directly with the wide range of skills needed to help solve destination business problems. She said, “We are never doing creative for creative sake. We’re always trying to solve a problem. That requires looking at the numbers and understanding the audience and understanding what the client is really trying to achieve.” Whether you’re in the agency business, or you’re a DMO or a tour operator, or working in a museum; whatever your role is, you’re there to solve that business problem, move the organization forward, and meet visitor needs. For Real Co-opetition Whatever aspect of travel and tourism you are in, you want to win the business. We all know that co-opetition is sometimes the best way for a rising tide to lift all boats. But what if you are competing for exactly the same client at the same time? That’s the situation Gina found herself in. When an RFP went out for a job, her company was a strong contender. It was between Adventure and another agency local to the client. That’s when Gina said, “Why don’t we share the work? They can do PR, and we can do the branding side and collaborate on everything.” The client was shocked that they would agree to that. The project turned out well, and the collaboration was real. They made decisions based on what was best for the client. Everyone checked their ego at the door, and that made everyone a winner. We make a point to weave co-opetition into the podcast for exactly these reasons. Resources: Website: www.adventurecreative.com Episode Transcript We value your thoughts and feedback and would love to hear from you. Leave us a review on your favorite streaming platform to let us know what you want to hear more of. Here is a quick tutorial on how to leave us a rating and review on iTunes!: https://breaktheicemedia.com/rating-review/

In this episode, Dr. Bryce Meredig and Dr. Arnold discuss: The business case for adopting data-driven methodologies and materials informatics within materials and chemicals organizations Suggestions for kicking off digital initiatives within materials and chemicals organizations Cynthia’s wide-ranging career in the materials industry, and her perspective on the impact that data-driven R&D can have on the pace of innovation within an organization The similarities between Six Sigma and materials informatics adoption and implementation How materials informatics and a data strategy can help facilitate knowledge transfer within an organization   “Start with where you have problems and opportunities, and ask what data can support delivery on these solutions and these opportunities.”  – Dr. Cynthia Arnold   Dr. Cynthia Arnold spent an over 30 year career in materials industries, leading technology development and innovation and marketing partnerships for diverse applications including medical, automotive, aerospace, electronics, building and construction and printing.  She most recently served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Valspar Corporation and as the Senior Vice President of Global Technology for Sherwin Williams, where she was responsible for a world-wide team of 1100 staff developing paints, coatings and associated technologies and services.  Prior to Valspar, Cynthia was the Chief Technology Officer at Sun Chemical, a leading producer of inks and pigments. Prior to that, she held technical leadership positions at Eastman Chemical and General Electric.   She served as a Sloan Executive Science & Engineering Fellow in the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy for several years, focused on industry-government technology alliances.  She is currently a member of the Advisory Committee of the University of Minnesota’s Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; a Board member of the Minnesota Zoo; and serves in advisory and consulting roles for a number of materials companies, including Carbon, Cabot, Citrine Informatics, and Milliken.   Dr. Bryce Meredig, is the host of DataLab: The Materials Informatics Podcast, and Chief Science Officer and co-founder of Citrine Informatics. Dr. Meredig researches the application of machine learning to materials science. He earned his PhD in materials science from Northwestern University, where he focused on materials informatics, and his BAS and MBA at Stanford University, where he is also on the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed publications, including some of the earliest on applying machine learning (ML) to materials development. He was an Arjay Miller Scholar and Terman Fellow at Stanford, and a Presidential Fellow and NDSEG Fellow at Northwestern.   Connect with Dr. Bryce Meredig: Twitter: @brycemeredig Website: Citrine.io

Your Tour Guides Stan Solo, Jason Thomason, and Mindy Carnes Muir talk to Donnie Crook an interpretive naturalist at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota about the different wild animals you can see at WDW. Find out which Tour Guide lost a churro to a bird, which one hates snakes more than Indiana Jones does, and which one thinks love bugs are VW Beetles. Plus while Disneyland uses cats to control the mice population, find out which animal Walt Disney World uses. If you are planning a trip to the Twin Cities be sure to make some time to visit the Minnesota Zoo https://mnzoo.org/ 

This week in the Big Wild, Dr. Seth Stapleton from the Minnesota Zoo shares info on black rhino conservation. James Hall gives us a B.A.S.S. Master Season Update & a sneak peek at the criteria for the 2019 Best Bass Lake

Today on 3 Fearless Questions our student host GaoZong interviews Michelle Benson, the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at the Minnesota Zoo. The episode features an interesting conversation between Michelle and GaoZong about the consequences of racist stereotypes on young minds and negative effects it has on self image. Continue the conversation online with the hashtag #3FQ or go to www.thebrandlab.org/fearless to learn more. Have an idea for a 3FQ podcast guest? Email The BrandLab's Associate Director, Brian Gioielli at bgioielli@thebrandlab.org.

Dear Diary with Alexis and Dawn; Baby Farm Animals take over the Studio from the Minnesota Zoo.

I speak with Jim Sanford of the Minnesota Zoo. We discuss his journey from college student, to intern, to multiple zookeeper positions before settling back home in Minnesota. This is the story of a zookeeper who knew exactly what he wanted to do for a living and went out and achieved his goal. You can follow Jim @jimthezookeeper on twitter if you’d like to get in touch with him.   As always, if you are an […]